Remote Server Admin Tools for Windows Vista

At long last, the Remote Server Admin Tools (RSAT) for Windows Vista Sp1 have arrived!

The download links and Tools descriptions are below.

The  KB 941314  article wasn’t active at the time of this posting, so here is the description from the download page:

The description is:

Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) enables IT administrators to remotely manage roles and features in Windows Server 2008 from a computer running Windows Vista SP1. It includes support for remote management of computers running either a Server Core or full installation option of Windows Server 2008. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

x64 Edition

x86 Edition

After you download and install the update, please remember to enable the RSAT tools so that you can use them.

For those curious what tools are included, here is the list from the Help file describing the tools in RSAT:

Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools for roles

Active Directory Certificate Services Tools

Active Directory Certificate Services Tools includes the Certification Authority snap-in, the Certificate Templates snap-in, the Enterprise PKI snap-in, and the Online Responder Management snap-in.

• Active Directory Certification Authority Tools includes the Certification Authority, Certificate Templates, and Enterprise PKI snap-ins.
• Online Responder Tools includes the Online Responder Management snap-in.

Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) Tools

Active Directory Domain Services Tools includes snap-ins and command-line tools for remotely managing Active Directory Domain Services.

• Active Directory Domain Controller Tools includes Active Directory Users and Computers, Active Directory Domains and Trusts, Active Directory Sites and Services, and other snap-ins and command-line tools for remotely managing AD DS.
• Server for Network Information Service (NIS) Tools includes an extension to the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in, and the ypclear.exe command-line tool.

Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) Tools

AD LDS Tools includes Active Directory Sites and Services, Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) Edit, Schema Manager, and other snap-ins and command-line tools for managing AD LDS.

DHCP Server Tools

DHCP Server Tools includes the DHCP snap-in.

DNS Server Tools

DNS Server Tools includes the DNS Manager snap-in and dnscmd.exe command-line tool.

File Services Tools

File Services Tools includes the following, along with the storagemgmt.msc snap-in:

• Distributed File System Tools includes the DFS Management snap-in, and the dfsradmin.exe, dfscmd.exe, dfsdiag.exe, and dfsutil.exe command-line tools.
• File Server Resource Manager Tools includes the File Server Resource Manager snap-in, and the filescrn.exe and storrept.exe command-line tools.
• Share and Storage Management Tools includes the Share and Storage Management snap-in.

Terminal Services Tools

Terminal Services Tools includes the Remote Desktops and Terminal Services Manager snap-ins.

Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) Services Tools

UDDI Services Tools includes the UDDI Services snap-in.

Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools for features

BitLocker Drive Encryption Tools

BitLocker Drive Encryption Tools includes the manage-bde.wsf script.

Failover Clustering Tools

Failover Clustering Tools includes the Failover Cluster Manager snap-in and the cluster.exe command-line tool.

Group Policy Management Tools

Group Policy Management Tools includes Group Policy Management Console, Group Policy Management Editor, and Group Policy Starter GPO Editor.

Network Load Balancing Tools

Network Load Balancing Tools includes the Network Load Balancing Manager snap-in, the nlb.exe and wlbs.exe command-line tools, and wlbsctrl.dll.

SMTP Server Tools

SMTP Server Tools includes the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) snap-in.

Storage Manager for SANs Tools

Storage Manager for SANs Tools includes the Storage Manager for SANs snap-in, and the provisionstorage.exe command-line tool.

Windows System Resource Manager Tools

Windows System Resource Manager Tools includes the Windows System Resource Manager snap-in and the wsrmc.exe command-line tool.

Updates:

How to add the missing Terminal Services, Remote Control, Environment and Sesstions tabs to RSAT on Vista

Add the missing WDS (Windows Deployment Services) Snapin to RSAT on Vista

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